Our department fosters the open understanding of literatures and cultures in English. We promote original work on new questions of history, criticism, theory, and analysis. We invite practices of reading and writing that challenge the ongoing creation of knowledge in our fields. English is among the largest undergraduate concentrations at Brown, and graduates of our Ph.D. program are recognized for their scholarship across the globe. Our nonfiction writing program opens up the useful diversity of styles and modes of writing.

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Faculty Administrative Positions

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Rambuss, RichardChair of English

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Abdur-Rahman, AliyyahProfessor of American Studies and English

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Anderson, Amanda SAndrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English

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Armstrong, Paul BProfessor Emeritus of English

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Bewes, Timothy R TOwen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Professor of English

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Bryan, Elizabeth JohnsonAssociate Professor Emerita of English

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Burrows, StuartAssociate Professor of English

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Egan, James FProfessor of English

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Emigh, John SProfessor Emeritus of English

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Foley, Stephen MerriamAssociate Professor Emeritus of English

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Gandhi, LeelaJohn Hawkes Professor of the Humanities and English

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George, OlakunleProfessor of English

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Gould, PhilipIsrael J. Kapstein Professor of English

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Hardy, EdwardAssistant Professor of the Practice of English

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Hipchen, EmilySenior Lecturer in English

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Imbriglio, CatherineSenior Lecturer Emerita in English

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Jackson, AustinAssistant Professor of the Practice of English

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Kahn, Coppelia HProfessor Emerita of English

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Katz, TamarAssociate Professor of English

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Keach, WilliamProfessor Emeritus of English

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Khalip, JacquesProfessor of English

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Kim, DanielProfessor of English

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Kirk, Elizabeth DProfessor Emerita of English

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Kuzner, James AProfessor of English

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Lake, NellLecturer in English

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Liu, RebeccaAssistant Professor of English

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McLaughlin, KevinGeorge Hazard Crooker University Professor of English

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Min, MariahAssistant Professor of English

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Morton-Aiken, Jenna HLecturer in English

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Murray, Rolland DAssociate Professor of English

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Nabers, DraytonAssociate Professor of English

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Parker, Benjamin WAssistant Professor of English

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Quashie, Kevin ERoyce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in English

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Rabb, Melinda AllikerProfessor of English

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Rambuss, RichardNicholas Brown Professor of Oratory and Belles Lettres, Professor of English

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Ramirez-D'Oleo, DixaAssociate Professor of English

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Readey, JonathanSenior Lecturer in English

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Redfield, MarcFlorence Pirce Grant University Professor of English and Comparative Literature

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Reichman, RavitAssociate Professor of English

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Rodriguez, Ralph EProfessor of English

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Rooney, Ellen FrancesProfessor of English and Modern Culture and Media

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Rush, ElizabethAssistant Professor of the Practice of English

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Russom, Geoffrey RProfessor Emeritus of English

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Schapira, Kate JSenior Lecturer in English

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Scozzaro, ConnieAssistant Professor of English

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Smailbegovic, AdaAssociate Professor of English

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St Armand, Barton LProfessor Emeritus of English

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Stanley, Lawrence KDistinguished Senior Lecturer in English

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Stewart, Michael HSenior Lecturer in English

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Talusan, GraceLecturer in English

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Taylor, ElizabethDistinguished Senior Lecturer Emerita of English

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Ward, Robert PAssistant Professor of the Practice of English